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Grant DeLaney
@laney502.bsky.social
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“Fanaticism turns into a means of salvation, enthusiasm into epileptic ecstasy, politics becomes an opiate for the masses... & reason veils her face” -Thomas Mann(1930)* #BLM * Twitter Refugee * #FBR *If you’re part of the #Resistance, I want to follow you
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Grant DeLaney @laney502.bsky.social · Nov 27
For real knowledge about these times I highly recommend “Iron Curtain” by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social. Suggested by @davetroy.com (thank you), this fills in major gaps in my knowledge, & I’ve got family who lived it. Knowledge is power. Take a break from the fascists’ shiny objects; read / listen:
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Nina Burleigh @ninaburleigh.bsky.social · Nov 22
My debut novel is a dystopic satire about disinformation that will make you laugh and nod in recognition. Available in paper and electronic on Amazon, at independent bookstores, and coming soon on Audible. www.amazon.com/Zero-Visibil...
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 12h
New Sunday Pages...a bit late this morning, despite the extra hour...

gregolear.substack.com/p/sunday-pag...
Sunday Pages: "The Garden of Earthly Delights"
A painting by Hieronymus Bosch
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h
“In the coming weeks, you’ll get to hear interviews with Emilio, my daughter Renee, and eventually, Charlie.” I had the honor of speaking with Martin Sheen today about @themartinpod.bsky.social. You can hear the full interview tomorrow on the Daily Beans Podcast.
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h
Just sayin.
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h
Kash Patel in 2023: “I’m just saying Chris Wray doesn’t need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.”
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h
🤷🏼
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 3h
For 17 years I have relied on SNAP benefits. I'm on Social Security Disability, Medicare, Medicaid & live w/chronic illness & disabilities, 2x cancer survivor & Lupus. SNAP is ESSENTIAL for my nutrition. Me & 42M are experiencing a President who does NOT care if 1/8 of ALL Americans STARVE to death!
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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 3h
“Republicans have done something even more insidious: They’ve decided to shut down the SNAP machines. So, even if we were to put money into SNAP accounts, they couldn’t be accessed by someone who has a SNAP card!”
~ Governor Pritzger
Trump’s policies starve & kill children here & abroad.
IMPEACH HIM
A color photo of Governor Pritzker and a hand-basket filled with groceries is accompanied by this quote: “Republicans have done something even more insidious: They’ve decided to shut down the SNAP machines. So, even if we were to put money into SNAP accounts, they couldn’t be accessed by someone who has a SNAP card!”
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 5h
Schools punished for teaching history
Universities defunded unless they obey
Law firms threatened for defending the law
The Press attacked
Judges smeared and silenced
Teachers criminalized for using a kid's pronouns
Immigrants blamed
Minorities targeted
Truth labeled treason

This is fascism #Resist
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3h
WHO IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF
THE PRESIDENCY???

#WITAOTP
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?

TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is

O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.

TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h
I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
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Daniel Biss @danielbiss.bsky.social · 2d
Get the hell out of Evanston.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d
"Applications of technology that are friendly to the Administration are going unchallenged, in part because tech companies have become increasingly willing to support Trump's whims...

Only tools that exist independent of Big Tech seem like safe bets for dissent."

www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
ICE and the Smartphone Panopticon
A new wave of digital tools has emerged to help citizens monitor Trump’s crackdown. But internet surveillance can also be used against you.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h
Sometimes it’s best not to respond and just leave things alone.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
Newsom: "He is not screwing around. He's changing the rules. He's rigging the game because he knows he'll lose if all things are equal. He did not expect California to fight fire with fire."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h
The cruelty is the point.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 9h
What he said Part 2: 💯 🎯
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h
It doesn’t get more pathetic than this. What a complete loser.
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5h
NEW: The DHS has put out a call to private citizens to build a network of bounty hunters to assist ICE. I'll show you the official memo on The Breakdown starting in about 25 minutes on @meidastouch.com LIVE. www.youtube.com/live/jjFct5f...
LIVE: Trump Shock BOUNTY SCHEME is BLOWN WIDE OPEN
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 13h
Important NYT reporting wrecking the dimwitted pundit claim that Trump's ICE raids aren't a problem for Trump/GOP. Shockingly, it turns out raising the "salience" of immigration via attention to Trump's lawlessness appears to actually benefit Dems:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u...
Anger Over ICE Raids Is Driving Some Latino Voters to the Polls
www.nytimes.com
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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 8h
This is murder.
gregsargent.bsky.social Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d
Awful: Pentagon officials told lawmakers Trump now claims authority to bomb people merely “affiliated” with “narco-terrorist" groups, Rep Adam Smith tells me. But under questioning, they wouldn't say what “affiliated” even means!

Lots of fresh info in my new piece:

newrepublic.com/article/2025...
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Ted S Raicer @tdraicer.bsky.social · 8h
Affiliated means Democrats.
gregsargent.bsky.social Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d
Awful: Pentagon officials told lawmakers Trump now claims authority to bomb people merely “affiliated” with “narco-terrorist" groups, Rep Adam Smith tells me. But under questioning, they wouldn't say what “affiliated” even means!

Lots of fresh info in my new piece:

newrepublic.com/article/2025...
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